Editing Morisco (section)

===Kingdom of Valencia===
In 1492, the [[Kingdom of Valencia]], part of the [[Crown of Aragon]], had the second largest Muslim population in Spain after Granada, which became nominally the largest after the forced conversions in Granada in 1502.{{sfn|Monter|2003|p=126}} The nobles of Valencia continued to allow Islam to be practiced until the 1520s, and, to some extent, the [[Islamic law|Islamic legal system]] to be preserved.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|pp=90, 92}}

In the 1520s, the [[Revolt of the Brotherhoods]] broke out among the Christian subjects of Valencia.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=92}} The rebellion bore an [[Persecution of Islam|anti-Islamic]] sentiment, and the rebels forced Valencian Muslims to become Christians in the territories they controlled.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=93}} The Muslims joined the Crown in suppressing the rebellion, playing crucial roles in several battles.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=93}} After the rebellion was suppressed, King [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] started an investigation to determine the validity of the conversions forced by the rebels.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=94}} He ultimately upheld those conversions, therefore putting the force-converted subjects under the authority of the [[Spanish Inquisition|Inquisition]], and issued declarations to the effect of forcing the conversion of the rest of the Muslims.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=94}}

After the forced conversions, Valencia was the region where the remains of Islamic culture was the strongest.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=94}} A [[Venetian Republic|Venetia]]n ambassador in the 1570s said that some Valencian nobles "had permitted their Moriscos to live almost openly as Mohammedans."{{sfn|Monter|2003|p=125}} Despite efforts to ban Arabic, it continued to be spoken until the expulsions.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=125}} Valencians also trained other Aragonese Moriscos in Arabic and religious texts.{{sfn|Harvey|2005|p=125}}